Digital Painting Basic 5

Question 1

What does the 'Multiply' blending mode do when applied to a layer?

Accepted Answer

Darkens the image by multiplying the layer color with the colors below

Answer

Multiply multiplies the color values of the layer with those beneath, always producing a darker result and making white areas invisible.

Question 2

What is 'gesture drawing' practice primarily used to develop in digital artists?

Accepted Answer

Speed, fluency, and understanding of movement and pose

Answer

Gesture drawing trains artists to quickly capture the essence, motion, and energy of a figure or object with loose, expressive strokes.

Question 3

What does 'RGB' stand for in digital color?

Accepted Answer

Red, Green, Blue

Answer

RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue—the three primary colors of light used by digital screens to display all visible colors.

Question 4

In digital painting, what is a 'texture brush' designed to do?

Accepted Answer

Add surface variation and organic patterns to brush strokes

Answer

Texture brushes apply a pattern or grain during a stroke, simulating the look of traditional media surfaces like canvas, chalk, or watercolor paper.

Question 5

What happens to image quality when you scale up (enlarge) a low-resolution raster painting?

Accepted Answer

The image becomes blurry or pixelated as existing pixels are stretched

Answer

Enlarging a raster image beyond its original resolution stretches pixels, resulting in visible blurriness or blocky pixelation.

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